Au (Sieg) station

Au (Sieg)
Branch off station
Location	Au (Sieg), North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	50°46′24″N 7°39′24″E / 50.773323°N 7.656781°E / 50.773323; 7.656781Coordinates: 50°46′24″N 7°39′24″E / 50.773323°N 7.656781°E / 50.773323; 7.656781
Line(s)	Sieg Railway (KBS 460) S 12 Engers–Au railway (KBS 461)
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	204
DS100 code	KAU
Category	3

Au (Sieg) station is a railway junction in the town of Au (Sieg) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Sieg Railway to Siegen, where the Engers–Au railway branches off to Altenkirchen, where it connects with the Upper Westerwald Railway (German: Oberwesterwaldbahn).

The section of the Sieg Railway between Eitorf and Wissen through Au was opened on 1 August 1860.^[1] On 1 May 1887, the branch was opened to Altenkirchen,^[2] connecting with the Upper Westerwald Railway to Limburg and additional tracks was added at Au. In 1885 Au consisted of only four houses and 16 inhabitants.^[3]

Au is served by the Rhein-Sieg-Express (RE 9) on the Aachen–Cologne–Siegen route, the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S12 service on the Düren–Cologne–Au route and two Regionalbahn services, the Oberwesterwald-Bahn (RB 28), to and from Limburg an der Lahn and the Sieg-Dill-Bahn (RB 95) to and from Dillenburg.^[4]

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